TJQ

Great intro dude, welcome aboard.

Good for you bud... but i think we must be paying you too much!

George... if you read this please send me an email with an address I can send a donation to: my email is [email protected]

Any pictures of it??

hahahaha.... congrats Lew.. sleep well!

<h2 class="title">MOOSE PROGRAM REVIEW UNDERWAY McGuinty Government Asking For Public Input</h2> NEWS The public is invited to take part in the first phase of a review of Ontario’s moose program. Last summer, the ministry announced a broad review of Ontario’s moose management program. This phase, with consultation, will focus on four components of the program including background information, moose management, and a preliminary look at the resident moose tag draw. An information package is available to anyone interested in participating. The deadline for public comment is June 30, 2008. Broader consultation is planned for the winter of 2009 on enhancements to the resident tag draw, including discussion about the suggestions from phase one of the review. QUOTES “Moose are an integral part of Ontario’s biodiversity and important to northern ecosystems, so we need long-term solutions,” said Donna Cansfield, Minister of Natural Resources. “We’re asking for input from all interested parties so that, together, we can ensure Ontario’s moose population remains healthy.” QUICK FACTS Since 1983, Ontario’s selective-harvest system has increased the moose population from about 80,000 to about 109,000. Viewing and hunting moose generates about $100 million in economic activity within Ontario each year. LEARN MORE To comment on Ontario’s moose program, you may request a copy of the moose program review information package and follow the instructions View the information notice posted on the Environmental Registry; enter Registry Number 010-3470 The information package is also available by calling the Natural Resources Information Centre at 1-800-667-1940. <h2 class="newsContact">For More Information</h2> Media Enquiries David Bauer, Minister’s Office, 416-314-2212 Jolanta Kowalski, Communications Services Branch, 416-314-2106 ontario.ca/natural-resources-news

Well.... It comes down to this... I'm not sure I can afford to get a picture sign done.... turns out they want double what the original estimate was. I'm debating what to do. I can get a redo of the current sign for about 500 bucks which is much more in my price range... I will pick a winner though and at a minimum get some OFC swag out to them. hedgehog.... hmmmfff...

That is correct Lew... we have had this discussiuon time and time again, and it always winds up with name calling... im locking this down, there is no reason to revisit this again and again.

Im fishing a bit north.. and its been a really slow start this spring.

All I can say.. is Im glad there was a woodstove in my tent!!!

Sometimes its a hard call... fishmasters has posted some great stuff, and i look forward to more posts in the future. Its been a long weekend and mods have been in and out. I think the point has been made, but ill lock this rather than deleting it. Thanks for listening.... Back from the bush... cold wet and miserable... TJ

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I found the fishing slow as well, Auld Reekie is a great place!! Im on my way back up this afternoon, I hope the fishing gets better. Some Bass would be good to fry up!!! LOL

Ill have a g2g one of these days... lol.. ill have to get Kirk or Marty to write me up an iron clad waiver of liability....

I love eating fish thats not fishy... figure that out!!!

Wow... that was awesome... nice and big for sure!!

Thanks Lew, its about as quiet and peacefuul as you can get... in the last three years we have only bumped into about 4 boats, and one 4- wheeler crerw that came in on the trail thinking it was going to someones moose stand... lol... you should have seen thier faces when they saw the stuff I had in there...... Thanks!! I guess I shouldnt show ya the Express Vu (Cant miss Dave or Karl!!!) or the solar lights that light up the place at night.... Thansk! In the north the only data system you can get is with Bell... Rogers is very crappy for service up here, especcially in the remoter areas. That horn is the only shedding being done.... so piss off.... lol

Thanks!!! I cant wait for the next weekend! Monique get to apply for her first tag up there this year.... I better get on that!! The shower is very important.. lol... One of the things about camping is being grungy all the time... I like to smell pretty for the mosquitoes!! I have a feeling were gona be there alot in August, which luckliy is our slowest time of year! We fished alot, and only cam up with small pike mainly, one big enough to eat, Im hoping its cause of the late spawn up there.. I did find two sposts, one close to camp and one far that LOOK very promising for pickerel.... Thanks Mike, unfortunaley in my line of business, the internet cant be very far away... This camp has all the remotentesss of a fly in, but Im juts on the edge of cell service that they put in matachewan, mainly for the mines I think... As the crow flys its 170 km "Due North", driving time is 3 hours and then a 4 km 4 wheeler ride in. LOL... $250... ya better find a better guide than me.... It was a moose shed.. a young bull.. theres no elk near elk lake..... Thanks bud.... I think im done with building improvements now.. now its time for improvements to trails and exploring!!!!

Well.... first non snow into camp this year, and we had great weather the whole weekend!! It was mainly a work weekend, we put up 2 sheds, two gazebo's, moved the satellite dish to a better spot, put the dock in, moved a boat to the other side of the rapids, brushed some bush out at the back of camp, and put new bunk beds in.... We managed to get everything in the boat and got that 2/3 s of the way in so we didnt have to make so long trips with the bike... And got out for the evenings fish. Fishing was really slow, only 2 small pike and two small bass... but the water is super cold and I think everything is still in the spawn anyway... The next day we took a trip into a bigger lake nearby that we hadnt had a boat on yet, its about an hours four wheeler ride in. It was nice to see lots of moose sign everywhere, and Monique gets to apply for a tag up here in the fall!!! We cam across this antler shed in the middle of the trail... Launching the boat. Its still two weeks behind us up there for leaves, at home all the poplars are out, but up there, not a leaf to be seen. Nice set of rapids leading out of the lake on the northern end... We did manage a few smaller pike with some of the Spoons I got from Hammerhead Lures. I did some underwater video for a lure library im doing for them, hopefully ill have that up soon as well. The scenery on this new lake was fantastic A lot of partridge survived the winter, we saw quite a few over the weekend, so that a good sign for some decent hunting in the fall as well. There were still patches of snow in some spots along the trail. Got home late and threw the laptop on the wood pile to check the email... Time for supper!!! Some nice pike.... too bad none of the Bass were big enough!! Heres the prefab shed we put up and turned into the shower house. And finally a crapper that not under a screen tent.. lol It was a very satisfying weekend, lots a work done, kudos to my bud Tookie for helping me out so much, it would have taken me all summer to get that done.... (he helps with motivation.. lol) Everythings all ready for next weekend, taking a mortgage out for gas, and taking the wife and kids up....

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No worries ch, maybe ill do up a colectors edition with a pickeral alongside my logo, so everyone will know what a pickeral looks like!!

to: Gerald Bihun Bob Rice & Dave Barrett Bass Man will be getting ahold of you to set up the subscriptions!! http://bass-man.com/

Ill get right on it!!!!!

Hey... I can appreciate the yearning for a new logo.. and its ok to want one, no hard feelings here... this is the way Ill explain things.. My OFC apparel is sold pretty much at my cost, as a promotional vehicle for MY website(s) the ones I make my living from. Apparel is a pain i the ass, you have to get it done, you have to inventory it and you have to pay for it all, in all sizes, in the hopes that the users buy it. I've done stuff like this twice before, where it took me a long time to get inventory. Its difficult to get someone to embroider one piece at a time... I still have boat flags here that should have all been sold two years ago.... and I did a bunch of apparel for women that took a long time to sell. and once again, theres no real money in apparel. it doesn't fly out the door and its at my cost. When we went to this new board format we decided that since I already inventory, I had an embroiderer, and a logo that was branded and recognizable that we would keep my stuff for the apparel. This may change in the future however, but for now this is the way it is...

Welcome!!